Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "番", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "番", and master the standard way of writing the character "番".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 番
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "番" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
(measure word for acts) / deeds / foreign, (surname) / place name
番 [fān]
1. Time, occurrence, number of times: e.g., 三~五次 (three to five times).
2. To take turns: e.g., 轮~ (take turns), 更(gēng )~ (change).
3. Refers to foreign countries or ethnicities: e.g., ~邦 (foreign state), ~茄 (foreign eggplant), ~薯 (foreign potato).
4. Multiple: e.g., 产量翻了二~ (the output doubled).
动 [fān]
- Original meaning: beast's foot. It also means to alternate, substitute, or take turns.
- The character is a pictograph. The upper part represents the paw and claws of a wild beast, while the lower part "田" symbolizes the mark left by the beast's foot.
1. To take turns.
- Example: 顿兵一万,番代往来 (Dùn bīng yī wàn, fān dài wǎng lái).
- Example: 漏鼓移则番代 (Lòu gǔ yí zé fān dài).
- Example: 番代 (rotate), 番休 (take turns resting), 番更 (take turns at night watch).
2. To use the same as "翻" (turn).
- Example: 番将转来 (turn over); 番修 (renovate); 番身 (turn over).
量 [fān]
1. Time, occurrence:
- Example: 几番风雨 (many ups and downs); 番把 (a few times); 番番是福 (everything is auspicious).
2. A kind of:
- Example: 别有一番天地 (a different world); 别有一番滋味 (a different taste); 一番江水一番鱼 (one kind of river, one kind of fish).
3. Piece:
- Example: 宫中造清思院新殿,用铜镜三千片,黄白金薄十万番 (in the palace, three thousand copper mirrors were made for the Qingsi Hall, with one hundred thousand sheets of yellow and white gold).
4. An ancient unit for counting paper:
- Example: 吏以纸万番赆之 (the official gave him ten thousand sheets of paper as a gift).
5. Fold:
- Example: 翻番 (double); 翻了一番 (doubled).
形 [fān]
1. Referring to foreign nations and ethnic minorities in the western border in ancient times: e.g., 番西 (Sichuan's western minority regions), 番钱 (foreign currency), 番王 (chief of minorities), 番客 (refers to foreign guests or Chinese people living abroad).
2. Related to "蕃," which means lush and flourishing.
名 [fān]
1. Related to "藩," meaning fence.
- Example: 抗折其貌以象墁(﹝py#:màn以泥茨涂屋)茨番阏 (the fence made from reed that covers the house).
2. See also: pān (另见 ﹝py#:pān).
名 [pān]
1. A surname.
2. See also fān (另见 fān).
名 [pān]
1. A surname.
- Example: 皇父卿士,番维司徒 (the emperor's father and the nobility, Fan Wei served as the minister).
2. See also fān (另见 fān).
名
1. A surname. For example, during the Western Han dynasty, there was a lineage of Fan, and in the Eastern Han dynasty, there was a lineage of Fan Chen.